Rigoletto (1956 film)

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Rigoletto
Rigoletto-e-la-sua-tragedia-Calzavara-032.jpg
Directed by Flavio Calzavara
Written byFlavio Calzavara
Jacopo Corsi
Paola Ojetti
Produced byFrancesco Granata-Vigo
Starring Aldo Silvani
Gérard Landry
Loris Gizzi
Cinematography Bitto Albertini
Edited by Otello Colangeli
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Production
company
Diva Film
Distributed byFelix Film
Release date
  • 1956 (1956)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Rigoletto or Rigoletto and His Tragedy (Italian: Rigoletto e la sua tragedia) is a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film written and directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Aldo Silvani and Gerard Landry. It is based on the 1851 Giuseppe Verdi opera Rigoletto and incorporated music from that work. [1] [2]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Franco Lolli.

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